An eight-episode limited anime series from Lucasfilm and Production I.G, “Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi,” will premiere Aug. 5, 2026, exclusively on Disney+ and Hulu, the studio announced. A trailer and key art for the series are now available to download and share.
Supervising director Kenji Kamiyama, director Shunsuke Tada and producer Hitoshi Ito unveiled the trailer and a teaser poster Thursday during a “Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi” panel at the Los Angeles Convention Center, part of Anime Expo 2026.
The series launches a new “Star Wars: Visions Presents” banner that will be used to tell longer-form “Star Wars: Visions” stories. It picks up shortly after the events of the “Visions” shorts “The Ninth Jedi” and “The Ninth Jedi: Child of Hope.” The new installment follows Lah Kara as she continues training in the ways of the Jedi under Margrave Juro. Kara embarks on a journey of self-discovery alongside Juro’s small fellowship of Jedi-in-training as they set out to save her father.
Tada is directing the series from a script by Mitsuyasu Sakai. Kamiyama is supervising director. James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez, Josh Rimes, Justin Leach and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa are executive producers. Ito and Kanako Shirasaki are producers, and Caroline Keller is co-producer.
The English-language dub features a returning voice cast that includes Kimiko Glenn as Lah Kara, Andrew Kishino as Juro, Masi Oka as Ethan, Patrick Seitz as Homen, JP Karliak as Gramps and Simu Liu as Lah Zhima. Neil Kaplan is reprising his role as the Narrator. New to the English cast are Feodor Chin as Gennoh, Young Mazino as Nawaam, Chase Sui Wonders as Tafflah and Keone Young as Kwana.
In the original Japanese-language version, returning cast members include Chinatsu Akasaki as Lah Kara, Tetsuo Kanao as Juro, Hiromu Mineta as Ethan, Hinata Tadokoro as Homen, Cho as Gramps and Shinichiro Miki as Lah Zhima. Akio Otsuka is reprising his role as the Narrator.